Win: Dick Sorrells (10-5) Loss: Dave Griffey (6-7)
Save: Gary Clay (10)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Dave Griffey pitching. Diego Freese grounds out to the third baseman. Scott Tedrow grounds out to the second baseman. Porter Crews singles to center field. Jose Dustal flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Dick Sorrells pitching. Leon Kotke grounds out to the second baseman. Ray West flies out to the left fielder. Buck Lumley singles to center field. Curtis Byrd strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Bill Fritz grounds out to the shortstop. George Davis singles to center field. Shawn Burkhalter strikes out. Ike Hines flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Billy Wallace grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Butler walks. Frank Bennett strikes out. Greg Leonard strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Dick Sorrells grounds out to the second baseman. Diego Freese hits a home run. Scott Tedrow pops out to the third baseman. Porter Crews hits a home run. Jose Dustal strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Dave Griffey grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Leon Kotke grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Ray West walks. Buck Lumley walks. Curtis Byrd grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Buck Lumley is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Bill Fritz flies out to the center fielder. George Davis strikes out. Shawn Burkhalter grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Billy Wallace walks. Bill Butler grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Billy Wallace is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Frank Bennett flies out to the center fielder. Greg Leonard strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Ike Hines flies out to the center fielder. Dick Sorrells lines out to the first baseman. Diego Freese pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Dave Griffey strikes out. Leon Kotke grounds out to the second baseman. Ray West flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Scott Tedrow pops out to the third baseman. Porter Crews singles to center field. Jose Dustal strikes out. Bill Fritz grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Porter Crews is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Buck Lumley grounds out to the third baseman. Curtis Byrd grounds out to the shortstop. Billy Wallace grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay George Davis reached on a 2-base throwing error by Leon Kotke. Shawn Burkhalter grounds out to the third baseman. Ike Hines strikes out. Dick Sorrells flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Bill Butler grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Bennett grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Greg Leonard hits an infield single to the pitcher. Homer Webb is pinch hitting for Dave Griffey. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Homer Webb grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Ben Groom pitching. Diego Freese doubles to right field. Scott Tedrow flies out to the left fielder. Porter Crews singles to center field. Diego Freese scores. Jose Dustal walks. Bill Fritz grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Leon Kotke singles to left field. Leon Kotke steals second. Ray West flies out to the right fielder. Buck Lumley grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Leon Kotke advances to third on the play. Curtis Byrd walks. Billy Wallace strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay George Davis strikes out. Shawn Burkhalter grounds out to the second baseman. Ike Hines flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Gary Clay comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bill Butler grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Bennett grounds out to the shortstop. Greg Leonard grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 5 Detroit total runners LOB: 8
Game Notes Diego Freese is injured and is expected to be out 40 days.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tristan Boley did not respond to coaching in velocity Richie Weaver did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Aiden Garcia improves in contact_vs_righty Bill Kaiserling improves in contact_vs_lefty Romello Warren did not respond to coaching in LF
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Johnny Frey did not respond to coaching in control Chris Paniagua improves in contact_vs_righty Luis Moore improves in arm Tommy Ake did not respond to coaching in arm